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Classic Literature Discuss the classics like Poe, H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson etc. Read them at Literature Vault.

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Some current or recent writers I hope are studied in 80 years: Denis Johnson, Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, Richard Ford, Annie Proulx, Philip Roth (not much doubt on Roth), Raymond Carver, Dagoberto Gilb, and Andre Dubus Sr.
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